Observational evidence for a negative shortwave cloud feedback in middle to high latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1331-1339

  Ceppi, Paulo ^a,b   McCoy, Daniel T ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; climate change; climate feedbacks; clouds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; GLOBAL MEAN WARMING; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; TEMPERATURE MODELS;

FEEDBACK;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; OPTICAL DEPTH; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84976240378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067499     Document Type: Article

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